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- M. A. SIMS.

DRYING RAIL AND FOOT REST POR HEAT REGISTERS.

Patented Deo. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY A. SIMS, OF NEW' YORK, Il. Y.

DRYlNG-RAIL AND FOOT-REST FOR HEAT-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,102, dated December10, 1889.

Application tiled October 26, 1888. Serial No. 289,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may conce/7L: r

Beit known that l, MARY A. SIMs, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New `York and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improved Combined Drying-Rail andFoot-Restfor Heat-Registers, et which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for hot-airregisters; and my ob jects are to provide a simple and easily-adjustablefoot-rest and a rail for supporting articles which are to be dried.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which accompany and forni part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective View ot' my device complete, attached to aregister; and Figs. 2 to 8, inclusive, are detail views, Fig. 2 being aplan view of the rest, Fig. 3 an end view of the same, Fig. et a sideview of the rall, Fig. 5 a plan view of the same, and Figs. G, 7, and Sbeing severally enlarged views of the rail hinge.

A represents the frame of a hot-air register to which are secured twoclamps B, having pointed rear ends l) to facilitate their insertionbehind said frame. Secured to and projecting forward from each oftheclamps B is a lu g C, having two arms terminating in disks c, the innerfaces of the disks having several radial grooves c. The ends of aU-shaped rail D fit between the disks c', and are pivoted thereto bymeans of a pintle IZ. Ribs (Z d, projecting from the sides of the saidends, tit the radial grooves c. The arms of lug C are suticientlyelastic to allow the rail D to be forcibly swung on the pintles d', tocause the ribs d d to engage different grooves c, and be then held inposition.

A shelf or foot-rest E is provided with lugs c e to cuter openings inthe register, and with curved lugs e c to engage the cross-bar of railD, as shown in Fig. l. lVhen in this position, the parts serve asafoot-rest forwar1ning the feet, or wetshoes or other articles can beplaced on the rest to dry or be warmed. B y removing the rest E andswinging thenail D to any desired position-as shown, for instance, bydot-ted lines in Fig. mtowels or other articles can be placed on saidrail for drying or warming.

2. In an attachment for registers, the coinbination of clamps adapted tobe connected with the upper part ot' a register-frame, a U- shaped railpivotally connected with said clamps, and a shelf or foot-rest havin gmeans of connection with the register and the rail, substantially asdescribed.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this8th day ot October, A. D. lSSS.

lllARY A. SMS.

llfitnesses:

MARY L. SHANKLIN, RICHARD LIPS.

